I know many haughty American women
who think that their nursing jobs are secure because
they dominate the only viable part of the economy left
in America. However this excerpt from a New York Times Econo-blog and its
implied mindset (January 19, 2010) should sound
quite chilling to both
provider and
patient.

"First, the United States should allow free immigration for all
qualified nurses, doctors and medical technicians whose
wages exceed $75,000 a year. Such an increase in supply
may not stop health care costs from rising, but it will
prevent them from rising even faster with a potential
upsurge in demand. Doctors and nurses will not
necessarily welcome this foreign competition any more
than others do, so we should beware of their defining
"qualified" in too restrictive a manner." [Can
Immigrants Solve Our Health Care Problems?, By
Aaron Edlin And Dana P. Goldman]